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Fifteenth Friday Senno11 Mar OJ, 1991 over them. Their line of thinking continuously flows only in one direction i. e. , how to strengthen their own influence. How to seek revenge from their adversaries and how to amass as much wealth as possible. Such political life is short lived. They are apprehensive of their future and therefore want to amass as much wealth as they can, that very day. They may even barter their honour to buy or to sell votes. When all such illicit maneuvers become legitimate in politics then how can such politicians protect the interests of a nation! The most damaging contribution to this problem is made by the inclination of a nation to an unrealistic and artificial standard of luxurious lifestyle which is unsustainable to the economics of that country. Such nations become beggars, their politics becomes stained, their economic structure is tom to bits and nothing is left of it. WHO WILL DERIVE BENEFIT FROM THIS ADVICE Which ears will listen to this advice? Which hearts will be moved and triggered into action? If the entire moral, economic and political foundation is unstable, if the very ideology is deteriorated, if the motives are rotten, no correct advice will produce healthy effects on anyone. I have given advice to affluent nations, that for the sake of God, they should safeguard their motives, which have demons and wolves lurking in their intentions. The decision on the fate of the world is decided by such motives. Their diplomatic craftiness cannot subjugate their motives, rather they stimulate them; so on the other hand I advise Muslim countries and those of the Third world that for the sake of God, search into your motives. If you have taken up engineering and from your childhood you think that you will get an excellent opportunity to collect bribes, you will build mansions, build palaces like those of your neighbours or of anyone else you saw, then mind you, that with this intention, you will not be able to make any positive contribution in the world. If you prefer to become a doctor, only to amass piles of gold and build huge and magnificent hospitals with which you will collect more money for yourself and would leave behind treasures of wealth for your children, then remember that you are a Sick man. Therefore, pay heed to the maxim "physician, heal thyself" and act upon it. It would have been better if you had not existed, instead of becoming a doctor of this type 302